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A08444	Certayne sermons of the ryghte famous and excellente clerk master Barnardine Ochine, borne within the famous vniuersitie of Siena in Italy, now also an exyle in this lyfe, for the faithful testimony of Iesus Christe. Faythfully translated into Englyshe	Ochino, Bernardino, 1487-1564.; Bacon, Anne Cooke, Lady, 1528?-1610.; Argentine, Richard, d. 1568.	1551 (1551)	STC 18766; ESTC S104167	97,926	208

knowledge of God much more then the creatures And we ought to serue our selues of them in dyuers wayes for that they fyrst incyte and teach vs to repayre to God sayinge in him is the cheif boūty go to him for he is faithful and hath promysed to make you tast al vertue and goodnes in him Yea thoughe they do not make the lyuely to know God yet worke they as the Samarita●e dyd y t sent the Samaritanes to Christ who other wyse made them taste and feele that which the Samaritane had sayd of him vnto them in suche wyse that whē they returned they confessed saying we beleued not at all by thy wordes we our selues haue heard and know that thys is truly the sauyour of the world And so the holy scryptures do sende the to Christ to the ende that he may open thy hart and make the in spirit liuely to vnderstand that whych al ready thou hast red in the dead letter that thou maist sai vnto y ● scriptures we neuer beleued by thy words the which being wythout spirite could not make vs tast fin●ly the great boūty of god It is true that by thy words we haue bene prouoked to go to Christ who speaking vnto vs in spirit hathe made vs to fele in the ha●t a more cleare hy●h and deuyne effecte of that thou hast spokē They erre therfore that fedyng thē selues of the letter and not of the spyryte do fyre them selues in the holy scripture● and seke none other light but that Yea I say that for one houres studye they ought to prai a thousand to demaūd of God the true vnderstandyng of theym ▪ And lyke as the Pa●tonistes heald opinion that the sensyble thynges geueth vs occasyon to study in the boke of the minde in whiche they say is imprynted al the verity So must we cousyder that the holy scryptures do cal vs to Christ in whome as Paul sayeth be hyd al the treasures of wysdom and knowledge This is no lesse then true that lyke as if thou haddest a frend whom thou hast not tryed though alwayes thou haste trauayled to proue hym thou woldest not inwardly know hym for a frynde though he wer euer in thyue eye because the profe hath not roted hym in thy minde So albeit the holy scriptures do cal and exhort the to seke God in spyryte it is yet impossyble y t thou shuldest fynde god in truth in y e scryptures if fyrst by spyryt thou haue hym not at the harte They serue also an other maner that many tymes happeneth As wher god maketh the in spyryte wyth lyuely faythe to feele a ●euyne truth Afterwardes readyng the holy scryptures thou fyndest that crudulyty wrytten that thou haste so conceyued And therof restyng contented thou con●yrfmst thy self in the fayth of that truth notwythstandyug that it ought to suffyse the of the fyrst inspyracyon of the holy ghoste And so moreouer because that in Christ is y e end of the law al the promyses fulfylled and al y ● Prophecyes veryfyed the shadowes fygures and scryptures of the olde Testamēt he that readeth it and seeth all fulfylled in Christ is forced to satysfy hym selfe of the truthe and to establysh hym self in fayth For Christ sēt the Iewes that wold not beleue hym to the holy scryptures as to thē that wytnessed of hym Afterwardes albeit that in the church of God to be satysfied grounded and establyshed in the deuyne celestyal and supernaturall veryty it behoueth in effect to come to the inward witnes of the holy ghost without whome we can not know whych scryptures be of God be holy and whych not Neuertheles after y ● our holy scriptures be of god we ought to serue ourselues of them as of a certayn infallyble supreame outward rule to teach reprehend correct and exhorte the others to conuynce thē that speake agaynst it For as Paule wryteth amongest the exteriour things we haue not a more sure cleare perfect aud stedfast rule then thys wyth whiche we ought in spyrit to rule al our words workes dedes and lyfe The holy scriptures moreouer shew vnto vs though farre of our country By her we haue lyght of God of hys promyses also ●hys threatenynges And they nourysh in vs the fayth hope charyte fear and other vertues They comfort vs in our trobles aud in prosperyty exhort vs to be temperate They discouer the va●ytyes of the world our myseries and the boūty of god ▪ And who that studyeth them must of force retyre or wythdraw hym self from y e worldly thoughtes and settle hys minde to mortyfy hys vyces inordinate desyres aud affeccions So that the study of them is very profytable to them that duly vse it But it behoueth not to study as the Iewe who fyxeth hym in the vtermost rynd of the letter whiche as Paule sayth kylleth and beholding Moses wyth the face couered and not enteryng into San●ta Sanctorum but as the true Christian to whom is geuē the knowledge of God celestyall Reygne or Kyngedome wythoute parables that wyth the lyuely tast and feelyng of God in Christe beholdynge hym wyth lyuelye fayth in the face discouered and entrynge into Sancta Sanctorum to se wyth clere supernatural lyght the high resplendente secretes of god To whom be geuen all laud honoure and glory by oure Sauyoure Iesu Christ Amen The .v. Sermon Of thin conueniences that are happened and daylye happen by the abuse of the holy scriptures THe holy scryptures of them selues be the good gyftes of God and of the holy Ghost Neuertheles they may be vsed of vs wel or euyl as by experyence it is manyfest For wheras gods elect serue thē selues of it to Gods honour the reprobate contrarywyse serue them selues of it to his dyshonour through theyr own faute not of the scryptures in so much that in respect of theyr wicked maligniti it hath perehaūce done hurt in som waies to y e world though At length God of hys infynyte bounty reduceth al thynges to hys honoure and glory For fyrst the scryptures annoyed them who haue bene diligent to gather together many bokes and neglygent to study them Thynkynge them selfes fully learned whē they haue had theyr lybrary ful of bokes Other some studying haue not attained to imprynte the truthe that they found in their myndes and therefore haue wrytten it in papers so that rea●●yng moost ignoraunt al theyr learnynge consysteth in theyr wrytyngs and losyng them they also lose their scyence Whych was one of the argumēts that caused Plato to condempne letters sayinge that before scrypture was founde the menne were much better learened then since because they were forced to wryte in theyr myndes that that afterwardes they haue wrytten in paper I passe ouer that many haue consumed theyr tyme in the dishonoure of God in readynge and wrytynge of thynges curyous and peruycious to the health And that many transported of Curiosity haue wylled to se so many bokes that in

vertuous and good works plenteously not as a bonde seruaunte to escape hel sythen Christ hath deliuered the ne yet to get paradyce the which Christe hathe purchased for the but as a uatural sonne for the glorye of God moued thereto by mocion of faythe loue and spirit not by mans wytte sensualitie or thy behofe or cōmodity More ouer eyther thou beleuest that Christ hath satissied for the or not if thou beleue not that he hath delyuered the from hel and gotten the Paradise if thou be wyse thou wylt search to healpe thy self and so wylt thou not be yble muchles wylt thou commit sinnes but rather enforce thy selfe to make satisfaction for thy selfe and to deserue paradise which is a thing impossible but if thou beleue liue lye that he had so loued the that to saue the he died on the crosse thou shuld be constrained to loue hym agayne and to doo for his glory maruelous workes plenteously aud redily to beleue that we are saued by Christ maketh not vs negligent and naughtye but feruente and holye Let vs therefore render thankes to oure Lorde God seinge he hathe wyth so greate loue saued vs by so hyghe rych happy gloryous meane To whome be alwaye all honoure laude and glorye through Iesu Christ out Lorde Amen The .xii. Sermon ¶ Whether Predestynacion oughte to be wrytten spoken or thoughte THere are manye that woulde not ●eare predestinacion spoken of nor once named if they mighte ●et it it shuld neuer be preached that is because it semeth thē to geue offēce and ingender cōfusion amonge the people ☞ I cannot denye that many curiouse persons wyth theyr darcke natural lyght willing to se thynges supernatural that cannot be sene but by fayth do fal into thousandes of errours and cause other to fall into the lyke Al that they maye imagine by force of wyt pleasynge to theyr owne corrupt reason of that hyghe secrete they thyncke it to be true wythout other testimonye of holye scripture And thereby haue intangled their braynes darkened theyr myndes and offen ded theyr consciences Curyosytye is an vnsatiable beast it would pearce thorowe all thynges and yet cānot get out of his darke and intricate laborinthes nor once lyft vp-the heade to deuyne secretes And if we suffer our selues to be guyded of it in thinges speciallye supernaturall neyther wyll it at any tyme be satisfied nor we shall neuer perceyue the trueth For immediatly after it passeth the borders of the natural lyghte it goeth alwaies blinded and at aduenture Therefore it must be put asyde and bryngynge hys vnsaciable wyl to an ende walke by fayth to deuyne secrettes honoring them wythout further dyscussion And if we be prouoked to serch them out by the wantonnes of humayne wyt we oughte to remember that which is written He that searcheth the maiestie of God shalbe ouercome with the glorye thereof It is our offyce to be cōtēt with as much as God hath vouchsafed to open vnto vs in the sacred Scripturs in the whych he hath geuen vs lyght sufficyently But note that as it is euel to be curiouse in wyllynge to knowe more then that whych in the scripture is conteyned and to vs reueled so is it also euell to be ignoraunt and not to seke to vnderstande as much as therin is for that in them speaketh the holye gost who gyueth none offence but edifyeth In them is writen nothyng pernicious vnprofitable or vayne but only commodious and necessary Neyther ought it to offende any man when it is spoken of in the maner that Paulle speaketh of it And we neyther maye nor ought to be more circumspecte in speakyng therof then Paule ye then God that spake in hym Thynckest thou haplye that Paule yea rather Christe that lyued in hym and moued hym to wryte dyd erre in y t he wrote of it in suche sort as he dyd The holy ghost would neuer haue gyuen vnderstandynge thereof in the holy scripture if it hadde bene euell Thou wylte say the preachynge of it in such maner as Paule wrytteth geueth offence as it is euidente I answere that Christ crucified was an offence to the Hebrues therfore the Apostles did euell to preache it The gospel semed folyshnes to the wyse of the world And therefore it shoulde not be taughte The truth is dyspleasaunt to the false christians they fynde offence of the gospell and Iustificacion by Christ should it then be kepte in silence Wherfore wilt y u that we holde oure peace of that thyng whych Paule writteth How can the wordes of the holy gost offend that haue bene pronounced and wrytten onelye for oure saluacion If thou be offended therwyth it is not because it geueth the occasiō but for that thou takest it without any gift Neyther oughte we thereof to ceasse more then the Apostles left preachynge thoughe many were offended therwyth Thou wylt saye to preache the Gospell is necessarye Wherfore that oughte not to be lefte for offence and I saye that predestinacion is a great parte of the Gospell Wouldest thou not thynke thys a goodlye Gospell or glad tydynges that God from wythout begynnyng had by his mere grace and by Christ crucified elected vs to be hys chyldren and that we be sure in hys handes It is a thing moste necessarye to preache those good newes in the whyche ther is discouered vnto vs the exceadynge goodnes of God that aboue all other thynges doeth moue vs to be ennamored of hym And he that is offended wyth predestinacion preached in the maner it ought to be is also offended wyth the Gospell ●uowest thou that whyche in dede doth hurt althoughe it appeare not to the blynde and frantyke worlde that anye man preacheth it after y t humayne doctrin But it maye be thou wylt saye let vs come therefore to the particulars Doeth it not seeme to the offence to preach that god hath electe some and not other some He that hereth these wordes wyll thyncke God to be parciall I aunswere and fyrst I saye that God cannot erre nor wyll otherwyse then iustly Yea hys wyll is so ryghte that as he alway wylleth any thing it is euen by that wyllynge most iust Therefore none should be offended wyth hys workes for as much as he maye dyspose vs after hys own way and shewe hys pleasure vpō vs more then y t potter vpon hys pottes and al with iustyce equite For what bond hath god with vs Moreouer by the synnes of Adam we are al lost aud he myghte iustlye damne vs al but he saueth as manye as hym pleaseth and yet we complayne where we are not worthy by sufferyng al punishmente to set furthe the bryghtnes of hys glorye Yea it oughte to be preached that God hathe elected some and not other some for to smite to the earth the wisdome of man and to make him al humble and subiecte to God Nowe is it not necessary to be knowē that we shal not all be saued and that